is there a particular program people would recommend for creating themes etc or should i create a themes file from scratch according to the MS web site. I would like to post my desktop each month but as of yet I havent created any nice themes so it ends up just as a change in wallpaper.

Sorry if you dont think it appropriate to filed this question here.

My November Desktop...

VS: VistaXP WB5 by KoL (modded)

Styler: VistaBlack by by Zephyrgong

Wallpaper: "Serious Rain" from www.socksoff.co.uk

Edited November 7, 200520 yr by slimzky

mine

is there a particular program people would recommend for creating themes etc or should i create a themes file from scratch according to the MS web site. I would like to post my desktop each month but as of yet I havent created any nice themes so it ends up just as a change in wallpaper.

Sorry if you dont think it appropriate to filed this question here.

You can use Stylebuilder from TGTsoft.

@slimzky Please, give me link for your visual style!

is there a particular program people would recommend for creating themes etc or should i create a themes file from scratch according to the MS web site. I would like to post my desktop each month but as of yet I havent created any nice themes so it ends up just as a change in wallpaper.

Sorry if you dont think it appropriate to filed this question here.

You can use Stylebuilder from TGTsoft.

i think that phkninja means creating themes not styles, a theme is a collection of a style, icons, and a wallpaper.

you can apply a visual style after you had patched the utheme.dll file

then with icon packager apply an icon package

then apply a wallpaper...

Lol you´re right, ah maybe he can now create he´s visual styles too

here is mine: Vista+Mac OSX Mix

Clean:

Dirty:

Edited November 7, 200520 yr by grafx1

Of Wizards And Dragons.....

Skin: Carbonix Premium Suite

Icons: Darkness: Recolored...(Icon Developer)

Wall: Relaxing

Lower Taskbar: Darkness (Recolored)

Cursor: Pro Tools

Large: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v24/Stetson11/WAD.jpg

Thanks, the problem i had was with creating the styles. Thought TGSoft created files like .theme and .style files that are software specific (that only their software understands).

I would like to create styles and theme file that can be read by windows once the uxtheme.dll is patched, but does not require third party software to be installed.

(Can change the icons in the dll's but would also find it handy to know which dll's i should modify rather than having to go each one individually.)

Edited November 7, 200520 yr by phkninja

My desktop for this month

My Desktop

Thanks, the problem i had was with creating the styles. Thought TGSoft created files like .theme and .style files that are software specific (that only their software understands).

I would like to create styles and theme file that can be read by windows once the uxtheme.dll is patched, but does not require third party software to be installed.

(Can change the icons in the dll's but would also find it handy to know which dll's i should modify rather than having to go each one individually.)

Nope - I use StyleBuilder myself (the theme from my laptop is rebuilt there), but I don't use StyleXP. Just a good ol' patched UXTheme.dll.

Also, shell32.dll is a good place to start looking, but be careful. If Windows doesn't reckognize the file after you've modified it, you won't be able to boot. I'd recommend getting a hold of a BartPE disk, or installing Recovery Console before messing with reshacking the system files.

Clean

Dirty

I am reshacking files, adding them to a virtual pc running xp. Then when they work ill add the lot to an unattended install. Thanks all for the help

Escape From Alcatraz

Wall: Atlantis

Skin: Quartz...(Recolored..WB's 5..Gamma/Color)

Icons: Universe Metal Premium Suite

Widgets: Irregular Weather..Silica Calendar..

Upper Taskbar: Universe Metal

Large: http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v24/Stetson11/EFAL.jpg